The “saturated colors and vivid patterning” of New York-based artist Gloria Garfinkel are now being featured in “Origami Interpretations” in the Center Gallery at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport. The show runs through November.

The museum described the works as “approachable and (a) participatory form of wall art,” that “embed bright and colorful arrays into an animated geometry inspired by origami paper folding objects and techniques.”

“In Garfinkel’s paintings, colorful patterns are energized by mounting them on aluminum panels constructed so that they are able to be manipulated by the viewer. In addition to these panels, Garfinkel presents a number of maquettes of proposals for flamboyant triumphant gateways, influenced by Japanese forms, for public art.”

She also continues her fascination “with the wide variety of patterns to be found in traditional Japanese fabrics. She takes these patterns and juxtaposes them with others, creating fields of conflicting color that act on the eye in lively ways.

“The most distinctive body of work presented in this exhibition consists of striped wall panels, fabricated in aluminum, with inset sections that rotate when manipulated by the viewer,” the museum said.